The State Health Department, in collaboration with the National Program for Control of Blindness, on Friday launched a transformative initiative – Asha Kirana – Eye Care at Your Doorstep — in Chickballapur district. This programme will be extended to cover Kalaburagi, Haveri, and Chamarajanagar districts from September 4. According to an official press release, the initiative … Read more
Hundreds of people, who used to walk long distances to fetch potable water, are happy now as they could get water in their vicinity, thanks to new borewells and water tanks established by SSR Charitable Trust founder Sura Srinivasa Rao in Thotapalem and surrounding villages in the district. Another water facility with dedicated pipeline was … Read more
More than two lakh children from the government and aided schools across Mysuru district will avail supplementary diet of eggs, chikki, or banana under the midday meal scheme with the launch of the initiative here on Monday. Minister in-charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa, who inaugurated the programme here by feeding eggs, chikki, and banana … Read more
TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh, suspended YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi, and former MLA Tenali Sravan Kumar during a meeting with the Amaravati farmers, at Tadikonda in Guntur district recently. | Photo Credit: File photo The Yuva Galam padayatra of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh concluded in the undivided Guntur district … Read more
RAVULAPALEM Ulava Suresh, 28, was arrested on August 11 (Friday) for allegedly killing his live-in partner and her one-year-old daughter by throwing them into River Gowthami from a bridge in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district in the early hours of August 6. Dr. B.A. Ambedkar Konaseema SP S. Sridhar said that Mr. Suresh had been … Read more
On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare, Gingee K.S. Masthan, handed over the body of the engineer to his family | Photo Credit: Twitter@GingeeMasthan The body of V. Kannan, a civil engineer from Nagapattinam district, who was killed in the collapse of a girder launching machine in Thane district … Read more
Triveni Sangama at Bhagamandala in Kodagu flooded due to incessant rains and increase in the volume of water in the Cauvery on July 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Monsoon has intensified in Kodagu which is receiving heavy to very heavy rains since the last few days, augmenting the inflow into the reservoirs in … Read more
Four persons were killed after a landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Thursday. NDRF teams have rushed to the site amid reports of at least 100 persons feared to be trapped, the official said. The landslide occurred around 11 p.m. on Wednesday at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil, the official said. Over … Read more
Collector K. Venkataramana Reddy speaking at a cancer awareness and training programme at SVIMS University in Tirupati on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Collector K. Venkataramana Reddy, while quoting the preliminary estimates prepared by the medical and health department, has said that nearly 10% of the population of the district is prone to cancer. … Read more
The Chief Minister directed ministers and legislators to ensure that the Shakti scheme reaches all eligible beneficiaries, regardless of their caste, religion and class. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday, June 9, directed all district in-charge ministers and MLA’s to launch Shakti — the scheme allowing women to travel … Read more